Tony Campolo

Spirituality for the Rest of Us

1. Students come to my office in mid-May
   1. “I’m not coming back next semester”, “I need time to find myself”
   2. What if we are like onions? If we peal all the layers society has prescribed to us, you may find you don’t have anything inside
2. There is no self waiting to be discovered; Self is waiting to be created
   1. Self is created through commitment
   2. This is the call of the Gospel: Commitment to Jesus
   3. “Who so ever seeks to find himself will loose himself, but who so ever looses himself for me will find himself”
3. Compassion and love is something we must do
   1. Compassion is not just about feeling, it is a verb too
   2. Compassionate hearts brings to compassionate acts, but compassionate acts also lead to compassionate hearts
4. Story about Arthur Forbs
   1. Arthur Forbs asks for his pastor’s calls in the house
   2. Day after day, the Pastor came to visit Arthur
   3. When Arthur died, Pastor cried; he was seduced into loving Arthur
5. Don’t wait for compassionate feelings to act compassionately: Act compassionately, and the acts will transform you
6. Story of two military friends
   1. His friend saved his life in Vietnam war
   2. Now, he travels wherever his friend goes to help him with his condition
   3. “After what he did for me, there is nothing I wouldn’t do for him”
7. Difference between a “believer” and a “disciple”
   1. A disciple is that who says, “after what you did for me, there isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for you”
   2. Jesus said, “go and make out disciples of me”, not believers
8. Make small acts of compassion
   1. We don’t know what it means to be alone,
   2. “Me and my Shadow” poem
   3. “If you are faithful in little things, I will make you the ruler of great things”
9. Prayer:
   1. Live out the compassion Jesus demonstrated to us
   2. May Your spirit work in us, both to will and to do Your good pleasure

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